ST. JOSEPH, Minn. — Hamline (2-0) defeated Minn.-Morris (0-2) 81-72 on Saturday after erasing a 15-point second-half deficit. The Pipers outscored Minn.-Morris 29-12 in the fourth quarter and finished with 13 3-pointers and 28 points off turnovers.
Brynn Leibfried converted a layup and free throw to give the Pipers a 3-2 edge after Minn.-Morris scored first, but the visitors used Maddy Grove's transition layup and two Grace Perry 3-pointers to move ahead 10-5.
Phaley Yang's 3-pointer and
Maddie Sundberg's offensive rebound, putback and free throw brought the Pipers back in front 11-10 at 4:16, before Minn.-Morris scored the next three points and
Taylor Starks tied it at 13 with a layup. Grove answered with a jumper, a steal that led to her fast-break layup, and another jumper around
Emma Lamppa's late layup, but Lamppa hit a 3-pointer with :06 left to trim the Minn.-Morris lead to 19-18 at the end of the first quarter.
Emma Lamppa hit two early 3-pointers, the second tying the game at 26-26 at 7:04 after Minn.-Morris had moved back in front.
Taylor Klement later put the Pipers ahead 30-28 with a 3-pointer off a
Morgan Gokey assist at 4:53, and
Alida Simonson's two free throws pushed the lead to 32-28 before Klement added another 3-pointer for a 35-30 advantage at 3:09. Minn.-Morris scored the final 10 points, with Maddy Grove putting the Cougars ahead on a fast-break jumper at 1:33 and Gianna Klarenbeek adding a layup with one second left to send the Pipers into halftime trailing 40-35.
Taylor Klement's two free throws brought the Pipers within 40-37 at 9:37, but Minn.-Morris scored the next 11 points behind 3-pointers from Gianna Klarenbeek and Grace Perry and a Maddy Grove layup and free throw to move ahead 51-37.
Maddie Sundberg hit 3-pointers at 6:26 and 5:05, while Grove added a jumper, a 3-pointer and a layup before
Morgan Halverson scored inside and
Alida Simonson made a 3-pointer off
Josie Schmidt's assist to make it 58-48 at 3:37. Klarenbeek's layup put Minn.-Morris up 60-48 with 3:09 left, but the Pipers held the visitors scoreless the rest of the quarter, getting steals from Gokey and Halverson and late points from Gokey,
Savanna Puent and Lamppa to enter the fourth trailing 60-52.
Puent converted a layup and free throw and Leibfried scored off a
Josie Schmidt assist as the Pipers trimmed Minn.-Morris' lead to 60-57, before Maddy Grove made a jumper and free throw for a 63-57 Minn.-Morris advantage at 6:17. Lamppa then hit back-to-back 3-pointers with assists from Gokey, tying the game at 63 at 5:35, and Lamppa set up Gokey for another 3-pointer at 4:54 to give the Pipers a 66-63 lead and finish a 9-0 run. Minn.-Morris got two Grove free throws to make it 66-65, but Leibfried added two at the line and Gokey's steal preceded Lamppa's fast-break 3-pointer from Schmidt for a 71-65 Pipers lead at 2:38. After Grove's two free throws brought Minn.-Morris to 71-67, Schmidt scored inside and
Taylor Klement's layup, steal and two free throws moved the Pipers to 77-67; Minn.-Morris later scored five points around two Schmidt free throws before Klement's final two free throws closed an 81-72 win.
Lamppa scored a team-high 22 points, made six 3-pointers and collected seven rebounds. Klement added 14 points, converted all six free-throw attempts and tallied three steals.
Josie Schmidt recorded a team-high seven assists and added two steals. Sundberg finished with nine points and a team-best eight rebounds.
The Pipers are 2-0 overall. Minn.-Morris is 0-2 overall.
Up next, the Pipers visit UW-Superior on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, at 1 p.m. in Superior, Wis.
